Sunday, Aug 08, 2010 at 19:26
Free camps can be found reasonably close to
St George all the ones I am going to list here are also pretty good fishing spots :)
1. Travel west over the
bridge and turn left as soon as you get off the
bridge, follow the dirt track down to the south along the river to where it starts the bend. Find a spot to
camp around the bend and fish in the deep gutters in the western side of the river. I have heard that some good sized Murray Cod have been taken along there in the past few months. You will get a bit of noise especially at night from vehicle clanging over the steel cover plates on the
bridge so it is essential to go around the bend in the river to minimise the noise ;)
2. Again go over the
bridge to the west and turn right onto the Golf Course Rd, travel along this (bitumen) till the Golf course main
gate, continue along the road (formed Gravel) for about 1-2km (until the first house on the left) turn right at the 1st house down a dirt track to the river. This spot is the pump site for the 1st and 2nd. There is reasonably level ground and is another good
fishing spot. Fish near the dead standing timber and beware of SNAGS.
You may get visited by Agnes (she lives in the 1st house), lovely old lady who I went fishing with in the 1990 floods (skipped school for it as
well LOL).
3. From spot 2 follow the track upstream (this is a tight track and may result in some pinstripes) and you will find a few more fishing holes. Where the power lines go over the river (about 1-2km upstream from spot 2) it is average fishing and there is lots of underwater snags from the trees being cut down for the powerline in the lte 80's
ThePump site at the end of the powerline is a great camping spot and has some good fishing.
3. From
St George head north towards
Surat, turn left towards Beardmore
Dam. At the 1st Cattle
grid turn left and make your way down to the river.
Free camping is permitted there and there has been some good fish taken from this area in the last couple of months, the colder water may slow the fish movement down though :(
I think from the other side of the 2nd cattle
grid to the
dam wall no overnight camping is permitted.
3. A good Park to stay at in
St George is the Pelican Back Tourist Park, it may have some highway noise depending on traffic.
4. A good park to stay at and to fish from is Kupunda Fishing Park. It is pretty much at the
Carnarvon and Moonie Highway
intersection.
On your way up to
St George stop in at
Nindigully in the flood in March the water was up to the floorboards of the pub :)
Hope this helps you out :)
If you need any further info about what to see in the local
St George Area, drop into the Visitor Info Centre on "The Terrace", it is near the footy oval.
Cheers Kev
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